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<br /> <br /> <br />148 <br /> <br />ORDINANCE 1988-48 <br /> <br />AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY <br />OF SAN MARCOS, TEXAS, ESTABLISHING A <br />FRANCHISE AGREEMENT WITH KARNACK CORPORATION, <br />GRANTING THE AUTHORITY,RIGHT, AND PRIVILEGE <br />TO OPERATE AND MAINTAIN A CITY-WIDE <br />TELEVISION SIGNAL DISTRIBUTION SERVICE FOR <br />THE DISTRIBUTION OF AUDIO, VIDEO AND RADIO <br />SIGNALS; AND PROVIDING THE TERMS AND <br />PROVISIONS UNDER WHICH THE SYSTEM SHALL BE <br />OPERATED AND MAINTAINED; AND ESTABLISHING A <br />TERM OF THE AGREEMENT; AND ESTABLISHING AN <br />EFFECTIVE DATE OF THE AGREEMENT. <br /> <br />BE IT ORDAINED <br />MARCOS, TEXAS: <br /> <br />BY THE <br /> <br />CITY COUNCIL <br /> <br />OF <br /> <br />THE <br /> <br />CITY <br /> <br />OF <br /> <br />SAN <br /> <br />That the City of San Marcos, Texas, does grant to Karnack <br />Corporation of San Marcos, Texas, a corporation duly organized <br />and existing under the laws of the State of Texas, the authority, <br />right, and privilege to operate and maintain a city-wide cable <br />television signal distribution service for the distribution of <br />audio, video, data, and radio signals, and subject to the <br />following terms and provisions governing the operation and <br />maintenance of the system: <br /> <br />1. <br /> <br />Definitions <br /> <br />For the purposes of this agreement, the following <br />terms, phrases, words, and their derivations shall have the <br />meaning given here. When not inconsistent with the context, <br />words used in the present tense include the future; words in the <br />plural number include the singular number; and words in the <br />singular number include plural number. The word IIshallllis <br />always mandatory and not merely directory. <br /> <br />1.01 IICityll is the City of San Marcos, a municipal <br />corporation located in the County of Hays, State of Texas. <br /> <br />1.02 IIKarnackli is Karnack C~rporation, a Texas <br />Corporation with headquarters in San Marcos, County of Hays, <br />State of Texas, the grantee of privileges under this contract. <br /> <br />1. 03 <br /> <br />IICouncilli <br /> <br />is the City Council of the City of San <br /> <br />Marcos. <br /> <br />1.04 IIPersonli is any person, firm, partnership, <br />association, corporation, company or organization of any kind. <br /> <br />1.05 IIBasic monthly servicell <br />minimum level of cable service for which <br />lowest monthly fee. <br /> <br />is defined as that <br />Karnack charges the <br /> <br />2. <br /> <br />Grant of Authority <br /> <br />2.01 City hereby grants to Karnack the right and <br />privilege to construct, erect, operate and maintain in, upon, <br />along, across, above, over and under its streets, alleys, public <br />ways, places, easements, and properties, Karnack's cables, lines, <br />necessary wiring, towers, poles, underground conduits, manholes, <br />electronic conductors, and other fixtures necessary for the <br />maintenance and operation of a cable television signal <br />distribution system and service, to the extent that such use will <br />not interfere with the public's use or the City's use, and to the <br />extent that the City may lawfully permit the use of the above- <br />described properties fo the purposes enumerated. <br /> <br />- Page 1 - <br />